Apremature infant in the neonatal intensive care unit exhibits worsening respiratory distress and is noted to have abdominal distention, absent bowel sounds, and frequent diarrhea stools that are positive for hemoccult. what diagnosis would be most likely to correlate with the symptoms?

A situation wherein a premature infant in the neonatal intensive care unit exhibits worsening respiratory distress and is noted to have abdominal distention, absent bowel sounds, and frequent diarrhea stools that are positive for hemoccult, the diagnosis would be most likely to correlate with the symptoms is called the necrotizing enterocolitis. Feeding intolerance with abdominal distention tenderness and bloody or hemoccult-positive stools are needed when there are observations in the development of NEC in the premature newborn. Existing dilemma of NEC may also include diarrhea and worsening of respiratory distress. Noted as well is the decrease or absence of bowel sounds. Inflammation of the stomach of the child and digestive tract which usually triggers womiting, diarrhea and fever are effects of the rotavirus. On the other hand, adults are seen with garamycin-resistant bacteria.

i believe the answer is a or 1